The Subway Series between the New York Mets and the New York Yankees is headed for extra
innings as 45 percent of New York City baseball fans prefer the Amazins and 43 percent back
the Bombers, according to the Quinnipiac University New York Baseball Poll released today.

Statewide, fans back the Yankees over the Mets 48 - 34 percent, the independent
Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University Poll finds.

The Bombers are ahead 53 - 14 percent among upstate fans, with 9 percent for the Red
Sox. Among suburban fans, 49 percent cheer for the Yankees and 44 percent root for the Mets.

A total of 43 percent of New York State adults say they are "very interested" or
"somewhat interested" in Major League Baseball. Favorite team questions are asked of those
fans.

"When they're not following the Buffalo Bisons, the Syracuse Chiefs or the Tri-City
ValleyCats, upstate baseball fans cheer for the New York Yankees," said Maurice Carroll,
assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.

"In the Big Apple, however, it looks like the 2017 baseball season will be a close race
between the Yankees and the Mets."

From March 23 - 27, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,605 New York State adults with
a margin of error of +/- 2.5 percentage points. The survey includes 750 baseball fans, with a
margin of error of +/- 3.6 percentage points. Live interviewers call landlines and cell phones.

The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public
opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Virginia,
Iowa, Colorado and the nation as a public service and for research.

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31. (Adults) How interested are you in following major league baseball; very interested, somewhat interested or not interested at all?